Bog

The evolution of British Cinema has always heavily corresponded with other movements in philosophy, literature, music, painting, and architecture. As any cultural movement, it is distinctly ingrained its social counterpart. Gosford Park, a ‘quasi-Agatha Christie’ murder mystery, observes the upstairs view of guests of a stately homes, with tidbits and plot exposition of the guests and household’s family from the servants downstairs. To a great extent, the storyline acts as a commentary…

ability of this twisted society to corrupt the innocent and pure as the ‘mothers milk’ which is a symbol of purity, innocence and youth has been contaminated by the drugs that have infested it. Furthermore Alex’s reference to getting ‘introduced to old Bog’, as a way of describing what happens when the drugs in the milk take effect show the way in which the society has bastardised the Christian religion. Using God to describe a drug experience clearly demonstrates to the reader Alex’s and the…

Dad suddenly stopped dead in his tracks as if an invisible tram had hit him. Mum spun round as if balancing on a penny, poking a finger into his face. “If Gandhi catches pneumonia, it’ll be yer fault!” “My fault?” snorted dad, “If he had ‘alf an ounce of sense he’d bring some banana leaves with ‘im.” “Are we getting a banana?” I excitedly asked. Mums harshness shattered another dream, as always. “Don’t be stupid. We’ll never be able to afford one.” She did not do surprises, treats or comforts.…

The detective fiction novel, The Hounds of Baskerville by Arthur Conan Doyle, features the well-known Sherlock Holmes and his trusty partner, John Watson. The two are settled in many stories, books, and television shows but in this instance, they are in a detective novel. The novel, narrated by John Watson, tells a detective journey in which townsman Charles Baskerville is supposed to be killed by a hound that is left by the curse of Hugo Baskerville. Sherlock is called upon by the nephew of Sir…

Both “the open window,” by Saki, and “the monkey’s paw,” by Jacobs, are structured in parts; and each of these parts correspond to an occurrence during the story. Saki and Jacobs also both introduce ghosts during the climax of the stories- however in the Monkey’s paw we never really find out if the ghost is real, and in the Open window, we explicitly find out that the ghost is not real. Finally, both Saki and Jacobs make use of powerful language to instill fear in the reader and pull them…

Aldo Leopold was a professor at the University of Wisconsin who published A Sand County Almanac in 1949. He wrote about nature in different ways throughout his book. The writing varies from the landscape to the animals. He describes different areas he has been to; these range from near his home in Wisconsin down to the New Mexico and Arizona area. Leopold uses a unique style of writing for this time period. Very little is known about nature at the time he published his book compared to today.…

description of a trip venturing through the areas of Hell, Purgatory, and finally Paradise. The works show the effects of life on a person and what can be achieved if they focus on reaching up to return to God through their life. Life has it tendency to bog us down and disrupt our trip back to God with all of the distractions and opportunities for us to sin. Dante begins his writing and journey as he is lost in a dark forest. He is wandering along in the dark and is seeking for a way to get up…

nasty things in nature as beautiful. Another recurring linguistic device begins to occur after the semi-colon, these are the prepositional phrases that keep showing on almost every line. After the word “Filmed,” which not only modifies the “ditch and bog,” but also gives…

Grendel is an innately evil demonic beast and his birthright is to be scorned by man as Cain’s evil offspring. As a result of this ostracism, he takes out his fury on the men in Heorot, killing whomever he can as his own form of warped vengeance stemming from a feeling of isolation as a born outcast. Despite Grendel’s misfortunes, which may garner sympathy from some, his actions are not justified by the situation he is in and, even in a violent, revenge-based society, Grendel is still the…

Reconstruction unsuccessful due to the Hayes-Tilden Compromise of the Compromise of 1877. The Compromise of 1877 refers to a acknowledged informal, unwritten deal that settled the controversial 1876 U.S. Presidential election, considered the second "corrupt bargain", and over general assembly ("Radical") Reconstruction. Through it, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House over Democrat samuel J. Tilden on the understanding that Hayes would take away the federal troops whose…